Robert K. Maloney, M.D.

Robert K. Maloney, MD, MA (Oxon), is a former Rhodes Scholar and Summa Cum Laude graduate of Harvard University. He completed his education at Oxford University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Maloney was the first surgeon in western North America to perform LASIK surgery as part of the original FDA clinical trials. He is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at UCLA and director of the Maloney Vision Institute, in Los Angeles, California. Voted by his peers as one of America’s top ten vision-correction specialists in a nationwide survey conducted by Ophthalmology Times, Dr. Maloney has trained more than 700 surgeons in the use of the excimer laser and has personally performed more than 50,000 vision-correction surgeries.

He is the recipient of the prestigious 2001 Lans Distinguished Award, presented by the International Society of Refractive Surgery, for his innovative contributions to the field of vision-correction surgery. The American Academy of Ophthalmology awarded him the Senior Honor Award for contributions to the education of other eye surgeons and the Secretariat Award for contributions to the Academy.  Named as an industry leader in Becker’s ASC Review 2010 “34 of the Best Ophthalmologists in America.” Dr. Maloney has published more than 100 articles, abstracts, and reports in professional journals and has delivered more than 200 invited lectures on five continents.

Dr. Maloney’s research is focused on developing new technologies for vision correction surgery, including the implantable contact lens and the light-adjustable lens implant, and on complications of vision-correction surgery. He has been a principal investigator for fifteen FDA clinical trials. He has a special clinic devoted to treating patients who have had problems with prior vision correction surgery.

Dr. Maloney is a co-founder of Focus on Independence, a non-profit organization that offers free LASIK surgery nationwide to quadriplegic patients.  He is on the Board of Trustees of Good Samaritan Hospital, where he serves on the Executive Committee.  He is also Trustee of Children Mending Hearts, a charity that provides cultural enrichment programs for homeless children and a Trustee of Van Nuys Charities, which provides financial support for charities that serve children and the homeless.

Dr. Maloney has appeared frequently on television as the exclusive LASIK surgeon for the ABC hit series Extreme Makeover. He has been interviewed by the Discovery Channel, the Learning Channel, NBC’s Extra, ABC’s 20/20 and Prime Time Live, PBS’s Life and Times, and CNN’s The World Today. His work has also been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers.

Dr. Maloney may be reached by calling the Maloney Vision Institute at 877 EYESIGHT, or 310-208-3937, or he may be reached through his Web site: www.maloneyvision.com

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